Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-06-01
For the YOrkville Enquirer.

YORK BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Friday morning May 9th was cool, for
May, but the sun shone brightly, and al
together it was delightful for a ride into
the country.
Our ride was in a buggy, in the direc-
ton of the Catawba Baptist church, via
Rock Hill. The good rains that have
fallen in this community at the right time
left the roads hard but not dusty. The
vegetation and crops of every kind were
green and promising, the only detraction
being an occasional unthinned field of
cotton, or unplowed field of corn. These
however were few. Just before reaching
Rock Hill the rain ceased and from there
to our destination the road was dusty and
the. crops, though in good order and larg-
er than those in the vicinity of Yorkville,
looked needful of rain. The small grain
crop zeal and below Rock Hill has evil
IDENTIFY been slightly injured by drought.
The larger fields and more level lands
between Rock Hill and the river were an
agreeable surprise to one who had only
seen the hilly portion Of York county.
Inquiry, as usual, however, ELECTED the
information that the farmers in that Sec
ton traded more on credit, and were, Of
course, more involved than those of the
hill country. In South Carolina, as a rule
I believe, the poorer the lands the better
| off the persons who inhabit them. A resi-
dence on the Pee-Dee leads US to conclude
that the people of the poor, hilly county
of Chesterfield are richer (above Indebted
ness) than those of the little garden county
of Marlborough.
The large cotton fields and small corn
patches in the neighborhood of the church
prepared US for what we found shelled
corn and not many fat horses and mules.
The noise of the cotton spindle and Of
the mason's trowel ION the burnt block
in our young neighbor, Rock Hill, gave
signs Of pluck and progress, but nothing,
either in the town or its surroundings
gave promise of a speedy fulfllment Of
the oft heard Tin that vicinity prediction
1.-THE coming town of the county," Ger
tainly, unless it ceases getting burned
time yet simply "the coming town."
The busy season of the year and the
fact that the Convention met at a consid-
cradle distance from most of the Sunday
schools accounts for the comparatively
small delegation present on the first day.
Among those absent were the secretary
and the president of the Convention.
This being the second time this writer has
attended the Convention without getting
a SIGHT of the President, he felt disposed
to raise the question as to the propriety of
giving the honors of Office to n man and
of receiving the services from another.
He did not however, and the vice-presi-
dent, the Rev. j. X. FAINT, of the Flint
Hill church, called the meeting to order
and proceeded to organize. Our towns
man, Mr.. j. G. Ferguson, was requested
to act as secretary. Letters were read
from the several Sunday-schools repre-
sented, showing in some signs of vigorous
life, and others signs of a rather languid
pulsation. All, however, could find
grounds of encouragement. I will say,
however, for the benefit of my otherwise
than Baptist readers that the average Bap-
tist church is quite a sanguine institution.
Some of them see signs Of encouragement
in a retrogressive growth Of ten years or
more.
In the absence of several of the appoint
ed speakers the discussion of certain sub
jects was deferred until mex day, and in
lieu thereof Mr.. FAINT was requested to
preach a sermon in the afternoon. "Would
that all Gods people were prophets" fur
nished the basis of a forceful sermon on
from house to house" and ION the high
way" preaching IN the part of the laity.
Your humble servant having ridden
twenty miles in the forenoon had a good
appetite for the tempting lunch provided
at the church and being old enough not to
be bashful ate so freely as to give rise to
the report that ''mine host" took the hint
and s%traightway on his arrival at home